Man arrested for kidnapping

Sunday

May 4, 2014 at 12:01 AM

The Record

STOCKTON - Authorities arrested a man for kidnapping Saturday morning after he took a Stockton woman to the Bay Area against her will, police said.

A 31-year-old woman told police the kidnapping occurred about 8 a.m. after she called her cousin's friend to request a ride to north Stockton, officers said. The man picked up the woman near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Stanislaus Street, but instead of going toward north Stockton, he drove south on Interstate 5, police said.

Raymon August, 37, continued to drive away from Stockton despite the victim's pleas to take her home, authorities said. The victim called her mother, who then called 911 to report the kidnapping, officers said.